There is little doubt that corporate governance has become one of the key issues for students of business and management in the 1990s. This book is the first to draw together the various strands of the debate from the economics, finance, and accounting perspectives, and from an international angle that includes discussion of the issues as they relate to governance in the UK, USA, Germany, Japan, and Eastern Europe.

This book presents the people of Richmond, Virginia--not all of whom approved of secession--from a personal perspective, offering captivating stories of their collective strength and heart-wrenching accounts of their day-to-day survival.

Instant coffee was invented during the Civil War for use by Union troops, who hated it; holding races between lice was a popular pastime for both Johnny Reb and Billy Yank; 13% of the Confederate Army deserted during the conflict. These are three of the hundreds of bits of knowledge that Mike Wright makes available in his informative and entertaining What They Didn't Teach You About the Civil War, which focuses on the lives and ways of ordinary soldiers and of those they left behind.

Zeroes in on the interesting, irreverent, long-ignored tidbits that shape behavior in all conflicts and important periods of history. TheDenver Post
What made the founding fathers so great (or were they?). And don t forget the founding mothers. We have intrigue and skullduggery with spies from Nathan Hale to Benedict Arnold, with enlightening stops on the distaff side of espionage for Patience Wright (no relation to our esteemed author), Lydia Darragh, and Ann Bates.
Mike] Wright uncovers the gamut of the revolutionary era with a highly readable, breezy narrative...